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Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

UGT1A8

Homo sapiens · UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A8 (EC 2.4.1.17)

GT1Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-BInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT1 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolUGT1A8
Synonyms / alternate names
  • GNT1
  • UGT1
  • UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-8
  • UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-H
UniProt accessionQ9HAW9
NCBI Gene ID54576
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionUDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A8 (EC 2.4.1.17)
Subcellular locationEndoplasmic reticulum membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-B
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statehomodimer
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-alpha-D-glucuronate
Donor CCD code(s)UGA
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • glucuronate acceptor
  • 17beta-estradiol
  • 17alpha-estradiol
  • estrone
  • 16alpha,17alpha-estriol
  • 2-hydroxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 2-hydroxyestrone
  • 4-hydroxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 4-hydroxyestrone
  • 2-methoxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 2-methoxyestrone
  • 4-methoxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 4-methoxyestrone
  • 17beta-hydroxy-5alpha-androstan-3-one
  • 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone 17-O-(beta-D-glucuronate)
  • prunetin
  • candesartan
  • mycophenolate
  • (E)-ferulate
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTEST Verified PDB CCD code

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

530 aa
MARTGWTSPIPLCVSLLLTCGFAEAGKLLVVPMDGSHWFTMQSVVEKLILRGHEVVVVMPEVSWQLGKSLNCTVKTYSTSYTLEDLDREFMDFADAQWKAQVRSLFSLFLSSSNGFFNLFFSHCRSLFNDRKLVEYLKESSFDAVFLDPFDACGLIVAKYFSLPSVVFARGIACHYLEEGAQCPAPLSYVPRILLGFSDAMTFKERVRNHIMHLEEHLFCQYFSKNALEIASEILQTPVTAYDLYSHTSIWLLRTDFVLDYPKPVMPNMIFIGGINCHQGKPLPMEFEAYINASGEHGIVVFSLGSMVSEIPEKKAMAIADALGKIPQTVLWRYTGTRPSNLANNTILVKWLPQNDLLGHPMTRAFITHAGSHGVYESICNGVPMVMMPLFGDQMDNAKRMETKGAGVTLNVLEMTSEDLENALKAVINDKSYKENIMRLSSLHKDRPVEPLDLAVFWVEFVMRHKGAPHLRPAAHDLTWYQYHSLDVIGFLLAVVLTVAFITFKCCAYGYRKCLGKKGRVKKAHKSKTH

Catalytic domain sequence

416 aa
LLVVPMDGSHWFTMQSVVEKLILRGHEVVVVMPEVSWQLGKSLNCTVKTYSTSYTLEDLDREFMDFADAQWKAQVRSLFSLFLSSSNGFFNLFFSHCRSLFNDRKLVEYLKESSFDAVFLDPFDACGLIVAKYFSLPSVVFARGIACHYLEEGAQCPAPLSYVPRILLGFSDAMTFKERVRNHIMHLEEHLFCQYFSKNALEIASEILQTPVTAYDLYSHTSIWLLRTDFVLDYPKPVMPNMIFIGGINCHQGKPLPMEFEAYINASGEHGIVVFSLGSMVSEIPEKKAMAIADALGKIPQTVLWRYTGTRPSNLANNTILVKWLPQNDLLGHPMTRAFITHAGSHGVYESICNGVPMVMMPLFGDQMDNAKRMETKGAGVTLNVLEMTSEDLENALKAVINDKSYKENIMRLSSL